Gone are the days of the 9-5 office grind. With constant growth in technology, heightened globalization, and the remnants of a pandemic that left us all connected via phones and computers, many organizations have embraced a hybrid or remote model with a digital-first approach to how work gets done. With this ânew normalâ comes new […]
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Resilience has not always been part of my vocabulary. For most of my life, I was lucky enough to be spared from trauma, adversity, and hard circumstancesâ experiences that would have tested my resilience. Then, 85 days ago, things changed. On a typical Tuesday morning, I was driving to work when I looked down to
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I am proud to be a member of TalentSmart, an organization that is celebrating the U.S. federal holiday of Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that the institution of slavery had ended two and a half years prior with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President
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When Dr. Jean Greaves and I set out to write our recent book on teams and emotional intelligence, we started with a review of the substantial amount of data TalentSmartEQ had collected over the last decade in our work with teams. We analyzed the data from the hundreds of teams (and thousands of team members)
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The study and practice of emotional intelligence isnât new. Daniel Golemanâs seminal work came out in 1995. However, with a newfound focus in 2022 on what it means to be human at work, there is a lot being written and discussed and we thought it might be helpful to dispel some myths and misconceptions about
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As a kid, the only motivation I needed was a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Â I would lean back in that red pleather booth and proudly present my report card to the waiter and a free pizza would arrive right on cue. Â Thatâs about all it took to dole out the refrigerator-worthy report
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Across America, organizations are grappling with the COVID-19 induced labor shortage that has now been coined the Great Resignation. Labor reports show that in September of 2021 alone, 4.3 million Americans handed in their resignations. This was a sign that many people â especially in industries with low wages, small to no benefits, and potentially
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Impact of emotional intelligence on work life balance Have you recently seen in the media an athlete, doctor, nurse, parent, police officer, politician, or veteran talk about the emotional impact of navigating the complexity of life and work? I have been personally and emotionally connected to stories of individuals in these fields. Whether it is
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Many organizations talk to their leaders about âcreating workplace culture.â Some talk about it in the context of hiring, training, or values. Others in terms of work ethic, resilience, or âsynergy.â The challenge with these approaches is that you canât really create workplace culture. Culture is the sum of people, the ways they interact, and
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Several years ago, an article on decision-making and hockey went viral because it turned a core piece of hockey strategy on its head. Emotional Intelligence Can Help Athletes in Sports In hockey, when youâre losing by a goal or more, you traditionally pull your goalie out from the goal at the 2-minute mark. Itâs a
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